Court rules against music file sharing sites
The sites' operators were ordered to pay an interim sum of
NIS 500,000 until damages to the petitioners are assessed.
by Orly Peleg-Mizrahi
Globes
September 21, 2005
The Haifa District Court has lifted a gag order about a lawsuit
filed by music recording companies, including Hed Arzi Ltd.,
Helicon Ltd., and NMC Music Ltd., against music file sharing
websites Shift, Lala, Lionatwork, and Subcenter.
Judge Gideon Ginat order the sites? operators to close them
down, and ordered Internet service providers 012 and
Internet Gold Golden Lines Ltd. to stop storing the sites.
The petitioners claimed that the sites were violating their
copyright. The sites? operators were ordered to pay an
interim sum of NIS 500,000 until damages to the petitioners
are assessed.
In their lawsuit, the petitioners said legal precedents had been
set elsewhere in the world banning music and movie file
sharing sites.